Cate Taylor

Cate comes to the Penn Wharton Budget Model with a background in public policy, innovation, and corporate impact. Before joining Penn, she was a Fortune 500 executive, an entrepreneur, and she served as the National Security Council’s Director for International Finance Policy. Her research focuses on the economic and societal efficacy of enterprises’ Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives and the relationship between enterprises’ impact initiatives and public policy.

Cate is a Simon & Shuster public policy author and has appeared regularly as a policy analyst, including on CNN, CNBC, and Fox News. She was a White House Fellow and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Cate earned a B.A. from Duke University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.